Mount for chromos and prints



1 mo 'ra'rns A. JOSEPH NURRE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MOUNT FOR CHROIVEOS AND PRINTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,203, dated August 22, 1882.

Application filed July 9, 1881.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A. J osnrrr NURRE, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Mount for Ohromos, Prints, Maps, Cards, and Similar Illustrations, of which the following is a specification.

My invention comprises a frame or stretcher with its corners either mitered together or otherwise secured, said stretcher being provided with a face projecting somewhat beyond the general level or concealed portion of the stretcher, to which raised face the picture is attached with glue or any suitable size or cement, or with tacks or other retaining devices, while the outer or exposed margin of said frame is formed into an ornamental molding, as hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figural is a perspective view of my improved mount, portions of the frame being sectioned and the greater part of the picture removed. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section ofthe stretcher-frame and its attached picture or other illustration.

The stretcher consists of a frame, A, of any desired size, shape, and material, said'frame being mitered together or otherwise secured at its several corners, B. This stretcher is formed With two distinct faces, U D, ofwhich the one C is considerably narrower than the one D and projects somewhat beyond the plane or general level of the latter. The outer or exposed margin, F, of the stretcher takes the shape of a molding that adds to the ornamental appearance of the frame without materially increasing the cost of manufacturing the mount. Furthermore, as this molding F (No model.)

is integral with the other members, 0 D,-of the stretcher, it is evident the frame is much stiffer than it would be if said molding were a separate piece of stuff nailed to the frame. E represents a sheet of canvas, paper, or other suitable material, upon which the picture is either portrayed or mounted or otherwise applied.

stretcher is as follows: The canvas or paper or other illustrated sheet, E, is first dampened in the usual manner and then fitted in the frame, so as to adhere only. to the raised face 0, said face having been previously coated with a suitable size orcement, any excess of the latter being free to run down over the concealed portion D, and thus prevent the formation of ridges 011 the back of said canvas E.

It is evident that if the several faces 0 are not perfectly flush with each other at the miter-joints B the ridges or irregularities thus formed will scarcely be perceptible on account of said faces being so narrow.

' I claim as my invention As a new article of manufacture, a card, map, chart, print, or other illustration or design permanently secured at its margins to the face 0, projecting beyond the general surface D of the stretcher, which latter has an integral outer molding, F, as herein described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

A. JOSEPH NURRE.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. LAYMAN, SAML. S. CARPENTER.

The method of applying pictures to this 

